Buddhism Quotes

Question 1

Chapter 2 - Life of the Buddha

Answer 1

Buddha for all 3

1. ‘I am the king of four directions. This is my last birth!”
2. “ but never from this seat will I stir, until I have attained absolute wisdom“
3. “ attain perfection through diligence“

Question 2

Chapter 3 - the dhamma

Answer 2

Buddha on anatta- “A mountain river flowing far and swift“

On pratityasamutpada - “When this ceases that ceases”, “whoever sees pratityasamutpada sees the Dhamma”

Question 3

Chapter 5 - samsara

Answer 3

Buddha for both
“The cycle of Samsara is without visible end”
“If the three poisons I’ve given up, man experiences no mental pain and grief“

Question 4

Chapter 6 - the arhat ideal

Answer 4

Therevada = “The way of the elders“
Arhat = “One who is worthy of respect“
Buddha on bodhisattva “Sentient beings are numberless:I vow save them all“

Question 5

Chapter 7- therevada human personality

Answer 5

Mininda - “ what is nagasena”
Buddha-“ The idea that I may not be is frightening to the uninstructed person“
Buddha - self is like a “mountain river” where “there is no moment where it stops flowing

Question 6

Chapter 8 - Mahayana human personality

Answer 6

Avalokitesvara - “Form itself is sunyata… all phenomena bear the mark of sunyata “
Buddha - “At the start, I took a vow hoping to make all persons equal to me“

Question 7

Chapter 9 - ethics in the eightfold path

Answer 7

John Bowker - the panchayat sila “ is a promise I make to myself.If I broke the promise I would feel guilty“
Dalai Lama - “karuna is more important than religion“
Buddha - “ let a person’s thoughts of metta pervade the whole world… Without an hatred”
Buddha - “ if one speaks or acts with an evil mind, suffering follows as the wheel follows the hoof of an ox“

Question 8

Chapter 10 - pure land Buddhism

Answer 8

Buddha - “Attain perfection through diligence“

Buddha - “dhamakara had attained Buddhahood and is dwelling in a pure land“